Action began in January, before an all-out strike in March. For locals, the flytipping, vermin, maggots and mess are taking a huge environmental and emotional toll ...

A pizza takeaway has been told to make urgent hygiene improvements after maggots were found crawling across the floor. Dino's ...

A customer has complained against a restaurant in Davao City after discovering that the lechon (roasted pig) served to him ...

Leeches are particularly useful in two kinds of surgery -- reattaching fingers, and attaching flaps of skin in reconstructive surgery -- as the leeches help re-establish blood flow. Maggots can be ...

If unchecked, diabetes leads to damaged nerve endings, meaning small injuries can go unnoticed and turn into ulcers prone to life-threatening bacterial infections. The bacteria build a nearly ...

Think of these wriggly little creatures not as, well, gross, but as miniature surgeons: Maggots are making a medical comeback, cleaning out wounds that just won't heal. Wound-care clinics around the ...

15:24, Wed, Jul 21, 2021 Updated: 15:37, Wed, Jul 21, 2021 Flies lay eggs and these turn into maggots. Maggots then become flies and lay more eggs. The cycle repeats! A maggot infestation is certainly ...

Surgeons prevented 50 maggots from burrowing into an Indian man’s face by extricating the flesh-eating creatures from deep inside his sinuses, The Independent reported. Doctors believe that nasal ...

A MAN claims that he owes his life to MAGGOTS after a bug bite became infected and triggered deadly sepsis. Matthew Blurton was volunteering in The Gambia, west Africa, last December when he suddenly ...

CHICAGO - Authorities are still investigating whether saboteurs put insects into a breakfast buffet for delegates at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, sickening one person. Speaking to ...

The only two living animals approved as medical devices in the U.S. have ebbed and flowed in usage. Some practitioners and patients swear by the results. The course of modern wound care changed one ...